news Reformist military men helped Indonesia’s democracy. Why not in Myanmar? Amy Chew A banner attached to a military vehicle outside Myanmar’s Central Bank during a protest against the military coup. Photo: Reuters When a survey of 1,200 people by Indonesian pollster Indikator Politik this month showed that Indonesia's military, known by the acronym TNI, was the most trusted institution in Southeast Asia's largest economy - even relegating President Joko Widodo to second place - military observers had a ready answer for why this was so. One reason cited by retired three-star general Agus Widjojo - who during his 33-year career was known as a proponent of reforms to get the military out of politics - was that the TNI never had any "precedents of coup d'etat throughout the history of the armed forces, no matter how difficult the situation was".